Reorder Parts
Tere are parts that are automatically generated, i.e. these cannot be deleted. In a score with 38 instruments, I first had e.g. Horn 1 - 4 in one part but that became difficult to read, so I duplicated the part and named one Horn 1 - 2 and another one Horn 3 - 4. These are now put at the end of the parts list. Is there a possibility to reorder this list because as it is now, it's difficult to see if they are all there. I've seen some postings about this, but they are very old so maybe this has eventually been solved.
OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 or later,
Arch.: x86_64,
MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.2.1-240230937,
revision: d757433
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I don't use MuS 4, but I looked it up in the manual - it should help you too:
https://musescore.org/en/print/book/export/html/329209?toc=1#undefined-…
Thanks but as far as I've seen, this only deals with the reordering of instruments in the score but not in the parts list. By the way, the link looks a little unusual when I click on it, see picture below. It's nothing I've seen before.
In reply to Thanks but as far as I've… by TomStrand
Close all individual parts, if any (Not sure about this).
You can change the instrument order in "Instruments" by dragging an instrument to a new place with the mouse. (Or use the Up and Down buttons, at the top).
The instrument order in "Parties" is now also adjusted.
In reply to Thanks but as far as I've… by TomStrand
Ok, a misunderstanding. (I am not a native English speaker).
But the link works for me (Firefox). It is the single page handbook variant - scroll down to section 61.
And yes, the tag "undefined" in the link is a bit strange. Does this work: https://musescore.org/en/print/book/export/html/329209?toc=1#Changing_o…
It is slightly above the spot I meant.
Thanks, but the link opens the Table of Content (TOC)as before and it appears to be truncated.
It briefly shows another page for less of a second and so but then only the TOC.
Ba the way, I'm not a native speaking English either. I'm actually from Sweden living in Germany since a long time but I prefer writing in English because it's simpler and faster (in space engineering you only use English) .
The Instrument order in the score as well as under "Instruments" is correct but maybe it's because of my way to engrave the piece. However, under "Parts", the order is as shown in a previous snapshot.
In the attachment, I've provided a snippet of the music (compressed file), only 5 bars from around 500 but it should be sufficient to "play" with and show what my problem is.
This is actually my first attempt to use MuseScore as up to now I've only used Lilypond for larger symphonic pieces.
In reply to Thanks, but the instrument… by TomStrand
Then search there for "order of instruments".
But that doesn't fit your question, as we have already found out.
As I said, I don't use MuS 4, so I can't help you with your problem. I was hoping you'd find something about it in the manual.
In reply to Then search there for "order… by HildeK
The issue has been discussed in quite some postings over the years, but as I can see, there isn't really a consensus and possibly no solution. Reordering of instruments is clear and no problem invoicing the effect on the score layout but the list of parts sells to be fixed. At first the automatically generated parts and then the new parts on the order they are generated.
In my case with 38 instruments, I can only see all automatically generated parts if I scroll through the parts lists. If then the new parts, e.g for Horn I-II, and Horn III-IV, are placed at bottom of this list while the automatically generated Horn I-IV part (which cannot be deleted) remains where it was, it's difficult to keep an overview what parts exist.
Hi TomStrand.
You can sort of re-order the parts. But only to the order that they are in the score.
If you just close all the parts. Then re-open the ones you want.
They'll re-order into the order of the score.
That way you can also turn off the ones you dont want.
Dont worry about closing them as nothing is changed. When they re-open it'll look the same.
In reply to Hi TomStrand. You can sort… by paulfurze
I may not understand the problem. It's easy to re-order the instruments. Open the Instruments tab (upper left). It will show a list something like this:
Click on an instrument and it shows the buttons in the upper right of the tab, highlighted green, to move the instrument up or down in the list.
Click the up arrow button three times and the selected Oboe 2 part moves to the top, both in the list and in the score.
Notice that the top item has only a down arrow button. Likewise, the bottom item has only an up arrow button.